International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 891375, 8 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/891375

Common fixed point theorems for weakly compatible maps satisfying a general contractive condition

Cristina Di Bari and Calogero Vetro

Dipartimento di Matematica ed Applicazioni, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Archirafi 34, 90123 Palermo, Italy

Abstract

We introduce a new generalized contractive condition for four mappings in the framework of metric space. We give some common fixed point results for these mappings and we deduce a fixed point result for weakly compatible mappings satisfying a contractive condition of integral type.